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EF0 tornado in Monroe County, Florida

Tornado August 4, 2019 · Monroe County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A waterspout over Cudjoe Bay moved east-southeast and onshore as a tornado over the south end of Cudjoe Key. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 50 to 60 mph with only a few palm fronds downed and a small piece of vinyl siding from one waterfront home. The tornado dissipated immediately over a narrow peninsula before reaching the oceanside shoreline.

The wider storm

A waterspout developed in Cudjoe Bay in association with a convective cloud line over the Lower Florida Keys. The waterspout moved east-southeast onshore the south end of Cudjoe Key and dissipated immediately. It did not produce any significant damage nor injuries.

Began near Summerland Key (24.6483, -81.4806).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 854596. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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